Rockhounds Jefry Marte celebrates after scoring against Corpus Christi on Wednesday at Security Bank Ballpark. Marte hit a three run double in the eighth inning to tie the game, then went on to score on a base hit for the win. James Durbin/Reporter-Telegram less

Rockhounds Jefry Marte celebrates after scoring against Corpus Christi on Wednesday at Security Bank Ballpark. Marte hit a three run double in the eighth inning to tie the game, then went on to score on a base ... more

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Rockhounds Jefry Marte slides home to score against Corpus Christi on Wednesday at Security Bank Ballpark. Marte hit a three run double in the eighth inning to tie the game, then went on to score on a base hit for the win. James Durbin/Reporter-Telegram less

Rockhounds Jefry Marte slides home to score against Corpus Christi on Wednesday at Security Bank Ballpark. Marte hit a three run double in the eighth inning to tie the game, then went on to score on a base hit ... more

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ROCKHOUNDS: Midland completes another comeback against Hooks with 5-4 victory

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The Midland RockHounds roster has gone through so many changes the last few weeks that it’s forced players to play in positions they aren’t normally used to, and at times left them with a short bench.

That is part of minor league baseball, and even as the injuries for the RockHounds have piled up, they’ve have won five of their last six games.

Midland continued its recent hot streak on Tuesday morning, by coming from behind for the second straight game to beat Corpus Christi, 5-4, on Safety Awareness Day in front of an announced crowd of 5,911, which was mainly area students at Security Bank Ballpark.

Jefry Marte hit a three-run double in the eighth to tie the game, and then Max Muncy drove in Marte for the game-winning run with a two-out single. It was the second straight time the RockHounds rallied late against Corpus Christi as they beat the Hooks 9-8 with four runs in the bottom of the ninth to win on Tuesday night.

“It just shows that everyone on the team is willing to do their part, everyone is a fighter,” said Muncy, who was 1-for-4 on the day with an RBI and played first base. “Everyone wants to go out there every day and play as well as they can. It’s definitely been a little strange, and I think everyone on the team will agree, it’s one of the strangest season we’ve ever been a part of.”

The RockHounds have been hit by injuries during the first month of the season to key players such as Oakland A’s top prospect Addison Russell and pitching prospect Raul Alcantara. In addition to those two, the RockHounds have seen outfielder D’Arby Myers on the disabled list and outfielder Josh Whitaker was recently placed on the DL. Plus, outfielder Billy Burns has been battling an injury that has limited his playing time.

Anthony Aliotti, who is a first baseman by trade, has returned to the team and has been playing in left field, and in a recent road trip to San Antonio, Midland catcher Beau Taylor made a start in right field, and the team’s other catcher Blake Forsythe has played in the outfield.

But even with all those changes, Midland won three of four from San Antonio this past weekend, and now have taken two straight from Corpus Christi.

“You have to show up ready to play every single day, even if it’s not your turn in the lineup,” Muncy said. “You just never know you might get called that day, and you might end up getting put in the lineup. That’s what everyone in this clubhouse is doing, they know there’s a chance they are going to get to play.”

The RockHounds struggled Wednesday afternoon to figure out Corpus Christi starter Tommy Shirley as the only run they scored off Shirley was a solo home run in the third by Miles Head.

But like Tuesday night, the RockHounds took advantage of a relief pitcher yielding some walks to win the game. Blake Forsythe drew a leadoff walk against Hooks reliever Alex Sogard in the eighth, and then an error and another walk loaded the bases.

Jefry Marte, who was 0-for-2 and was hit by a pitch in his first three at-bats, drove a pitch to right field off Patrick Urckfitz (0-1) for the bases-clearing double.

Seth Frankoff pitched a scoreless ninth for the save.

“I think it’s huge for us,” Muncy said. “It shows that no one in this clubhouse is quitting.”

’HOUNDS BITES

Hiro Nakijima, an infielding prospect from Japan signed by the A’s in 2013, has been assigned to the RockHouds and was added to the roster. Nakijima will likely play in the middle infield for Midland as Addison Russell continues his rehabilitation in Arizona. Nakijima was expected to arrive in Midland on Wednesday and could play in Thursday’s game. … Conner Crumbliss became the 16th player in Texas League history to draw five walks in a nine-inning game in Tuesday night’s win against the Hooks. … Hooks center fielder Andrew Aplin took away what looked like extra bases for Max Muncy in the fourth when he made a diving catch in left-center field for the second out of the inning. … Miles Head’s third-inning solo home run extended his hitting streak to 11 games. ... Infielder Colin Walsh has reached base in all 15 games he’s played with Midland. ... Midland didn’t have an error on Wednesday and have made just three errors in its last nine games.

TODAY’S PROBABLES

Midland will send right hander Shawn Haviland to the mound for today’s game. Haviland is 0-1 with a 0.00 earned run average. Corpus Christi is scheduled to start Brady Rodgers, who is 0-1 with a 1.56 ERA.